Illinois House Bill 5032 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: Introduced on January 26 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-08-10 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Right to Read Act. Provides that the State Board of Education shall offer support: to each public school district to select evidence-based core reading instruction programs and implement them using structured literacy instruction; and to each early childhood, elementary, and special education teacher, reading specialist, literacy coach, and administrator to complete evidence-based training in teaching reading. Requires the State Board of Education to annually compile and post on its website information on the steps it has undertaken to support school districts to deliver high-quality, evidence-based literacy instruction, including a list of any Early Literacy Grant recipients, documentation of how the recipient allocated the funding to support improved literacy, and what evidence-based literacy curricula the recipient is utilizing. Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning educator testing, requires applicants seeking specified licenses to pass a test in reading foundations, which shall include assessment of the applicant's understanding of phonological and phonemic awareness, concepts of print and the alphabetic principle, the role of phonics in promoting reading development, word analysis skills and strategies, vocabulary development, application of reading comprehension skills and strategies, and methods for assessing reading development. In provisions concerning minimum requirements for educators trained in other states or countries, provides that an applicant who has successfully completed a reading foundations test of at least comparable rigor to the Illinois reading foundations test is not required to complete a reading foundations test. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

RIGHT TO READ ACT

Rep. Rita Mayfield [D]	Sen. Seth Lewis [R]	Rep. Joyce Mason [D]	Rep. Cyril Nichols [D]
Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz [D]	Rep. Anne Stava-Murray [D]	Rep. Suzanne Ness [D]	Rep. Natalie Manley [D]
Rep. Margaret Croke [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-08-10	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
2022-03-04	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2022-03-02	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2022-03-02	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2022-02-25	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
2022-02-18	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Ness
2022-02-18	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2022-02-16	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 022-000-000
2022-02-16	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40
2022-02-16	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2022-02-16	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Rita Mayfield
2022-02-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
2022-02-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
2022-02-14	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Seth Lewis
2022-02-09	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
2022-02-03	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cyril Nichols
2022-02-03	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
2022-01-27	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2022-01-27	House	First Reading
2022-01-26	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Rita Mayfield

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	21B-30	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	21B-35	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5032&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/10200HB5032.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/10200HB5032ham001.htm